Sotiropoulos and Stevenson took home “Fight of the Night” honors, Velasquez
earned the “Knockout of the Night” award, and Lytle picked up the
“Submission of the Night” bonus at the Feb. 20 pay-per-view event.

UFC 110 took place at Acer Arena in Sydney and marked the UFC’s first-ever trip to Australia.

Sotiropoulos and Stevenson met in a lightweight main-card bout. Despite being a 2-to-1 underdog, Sotiropoulos outclassed his fellow “TUF” alumnus in all areas of the fight and earned unanimous decision via shutout 30-27 scores.

The fight kept the crowd enthralled thanks largely to Sotiropoulos, an Australian who moved to 5-0 in the UFC (and 6-0 in his past six fights) with the win. The rising contender earned his first UFC fight-night bonus; Stevenson, meanwhile, earned his third “Fight of the Night” award in his past five fights.

Velasquez, meanwhile, earned his award for a vicious knockout of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the night’s main event. The undefeated heavyweight contender and collegiate wrestler is most known for a smothering ground game, but the American Kickboxing Academy fighter displayed sharp stand-up skills and continually beat the former UFC and PRIDE champ to the punch. Velasquez earned the KO stoppage midway through the first round when the second part of a a left-right combo dropped Nogueira. Subsequent ground and pound forced the referee’s intervention.

Velasquez picked up his second such KO award; he also earned a “Knockout of the Night” bonus after stopping Denis Stojnic via strikes at UFC Fight Night 17.

Lytle won the night’s submission award by default; none of the night’s other eight bouts ended via submission. That’s not to say it wasn’t earned, though. While most known for his stand-up skills, the pro boxer dusted off his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and forced fellow welterweight Brian Foster to tap out from an early-fight kneebar. Although the submission rarely proves successful in pro MMA competition, Lytle quickly secured the leverage he needed to force the tap-out.

The veteran fighter has now won seven “fight night” bonuses in his past nine fights, though his most recent submission award came nearly three years ago at UFC 73.

For more on the event, including official results and full recaps of each bout, check out the UFC 110 section of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

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